Jefferson County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024





1031 - Horticulture, Consumer and Home
1031.12) 465

Number of people who used Extension information to make decisions on site selection, varieties, and /or maintenance  

1031.1) 518

Number of people who gained knowledge in consumer and home  horticulture including: native plants, disease and pests, composting, site analysis, and proper maintenance



Success Stories

Seed Savers Workshop at Louisville Tool Library

Author: Von Barnes

Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home

Louisville Tool Library is a great place for community to gather, especially if they want to become backyard farmers and start yardens. There has been a monthly seed savers workshop with Jody Dahmer of Beargrass Thunder and Von Barnes of KYSU Cooperative Extension where they demonstrate techniques to saving seeds and preserving a variety of seeds from plants that have produced well around the county.This is so important Louisville is an urban heat island, and it is important to have the seeds th

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